Sad-iron heater



IUNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID EGBERT BANGS, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAD-IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 412,585, dated October 8, 1889.

i Application filed May 31, 1889. Serial No. 312,792. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID EGBERT BANGs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Iron Heaters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, 4reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gu res of reference marked thereon,which form a part 4of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view broken away in several places to show the interior. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken where the broken line c is marked on Fig. 1.

This invention relates to heaters for sadirons; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of part-s, as hereinafter shown and described..

In the 'accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the base or ire-box'of the stove, and B the heating-line rising vertically from the back portion of the fire-box. This flue is quite narrow from before backward and wide from side to side, as shown.

C is the smoke-pipe, which rises at the side of the stove and bounds one side of the flue B, with which it communicates at the side near the top by the opening a and near the bottom by the lateral opening h.

D representsthe plain front of the heater, which is provided with a series of transverse rests or shelves b, arranged one above the other to receive the irons to be heated. The intervals between the shelves form receivingchambers, which are provided with gravitating doors c, hinged at their upper edges and having open end slots d, through which the handles e of the irons project when the doors are closed. The back of the due, which is also plain and parallel to the front wall, may be provided, like the front,with receiving-shelves and doors to increase the capacity of the heater. The hollow vertical flue, which separates the front and back receptacles for the irons, is constructed of thin sheet metal, and

said iiue measures about one and a half inch between its front and rear walls, in order to readily effect the radiation of heat to both front and back receptacles. The Iiueis provided with a series of transverse horizontal partit-ions or guides f, arranged one above the other, said partitions having their opposite ends alternately open, in order that the heated air and products of combustionl shall be carried in a zigzag manner across the due, when the damper'g is closed to cut off direct communication between the stove and lower opening h of the smoke-pipe. The front and back of the base of the stove are usually provided with shelf-receptacles and slotted doors for sad-irons.

When it is desired to cut off communication between the heating-flue and the base, as in starting the re,a damper k, operated from the outside by rod Z, is drawn across the open end of the lower partitions of the flue, and the side damper to the smoke-flue is opened to aord direct communication with the chamber below the lower partitions. The doors which close the sad-iron receptacles being hinged above, are retained in closed position by their own weight and are provided with suitable handles, whereby they may be raised. The sad-irons are placed in rows in their receptacles, point upward, and rest by their broad ends upon the shelves. The faces of the irons in the back receptacle rest against t-he back of the iiue, and the faces of those in the front section rest against the front wall D of the Hue. The irons are prevented from slipping .out of position by the guard-fiange 'L' extending along the front of each shelf. This guard is usually formed by bending up the metal of the shelf in front, so that a groove of sufficient width to accommodate the thicknessof the irons is formed. The slotted doors provide for the outward projections of the handles of the irons, in order that they may not become heated to any great extent.

The heater-Hue may be attached to any stove, the smoke-pipe being connected with the chimney or extended through the window.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent,

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l. The sad-iron heater consistingof the rebox having the central ne and front and rear receiving-chambers, said central flue h aving compartment chambers opening alternately at opposite ends, and the slotted doors hinged at the open sides of the roceiving-chainbers, substantially as set forth. 2. The sad-iron heater consisting of the compartment or subdivided central Hue, the front and rear Walls of which are provided with shelves having at their forward orouter edges guard-flanges, and the drop slotted doors hinged at their upper edges to the top edges of said shelves, substantially as set forth. 3. The sad-iron heater consisting of the re-box having the central flue, the front and DAVID EGBERT BANGS.

lVitnesses:

C. A. KEITH, WM. F. GRUBB. 

